Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic - General Discussion Thread

[jseal777]

Magic Kingdom opened with 6 lands and about the same number of attractions on opening

No I am not lamenting the amount of rides. Just that one of the four lands is being taken up by something we already largely have.

 

[OLSinFLA]

No I am not lamenting the amount of rides. Just that one of the four lands is being taken up by something we already largely have.

I don't think MoM has any real similarities to other Potter areas other than they both take place in the same "world".

 

[jarmor]

Right. If you take the "Harry Potter" out of each area, you have 3 totally distinctive areas offering different environments and style of rides and attractions.

 

[belloq87]

I do think the Paris streets element of this land seems very inspired by Diagon Alley in layout and general approach.

The architecture will be different, bigger, etc.

 

[tielo]

Chatted with a few folks who aren't following the Epic news -- but they had questions when they saw the headlines about a new Wizarding World. Many still don't realize Diagon Alley exists (or that it's in a separate park). Some were concerned this meant they were getting rid of the original Wizarding World build. Upon explaining the breakdown, a frequent reaction I got was "when did we see Wizarding World Paris...?" followed by "I thought the Ministry of Magic was in London?"

At the end of the day, if the area looks great (and by all accounts it will), this won't necessarily matter... but good to remind ourselves of how the general public sees and reacts to this news, at least anecdotally.

Thankfully the portal is marked with a huge wand. That works as Disney popcorn buckets to scalpers.
Although I won't be surprised some guest will wonder where Ratatouille resides and when they think they enter that attraction they will have an amazing ride or a trauma to look back on.

 

[Disneyhead]

The workers are working on some words at the top of the arch.

 

[Tyc00n96]

The HP social media channels are mentioning there will be additional details revealed about the Ministry of Magic land on Sept 1st.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

New wands is my guess.

 

[Alicia]

It’s likely recapping Universal’s announced details but for the Potter crowd. I’m sure there may some minor new details snuck in, but not expecting much to be different than the last announcement.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Yinz be slacking.

 

[Imperius]

This is going to be insane.

 

[belloq87]

They didn't mention it, but a trip through the Department of Mysteries (with the brain room from the ORDER OF THE PHOENIX novel) would be awesome.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Queue seems basically the same as Hogwarts except we’re at the Ministry. That works, I do wish we had 1 pre show though. I guess the story is rather simple, but if it’s a 4 minute ish ride I worry it may be total chaos from beginning to end.

Granted, most Universal rides are that to a degree I just want a tad more influence on the story aspect of the ride. Regardless it’s still hard to imagine just how massive this ride will be.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

Queue seems basically the same as Hogwarts except we’re at the Ministry. That works, I do wish we had 1 pre show though. I guess the story is rather simple, but if it’s a 4 minute ish ride I worry it may be total chaos from beginning to end.

Yeah, I had the same thought — it lacks the pizazz that the Gringotts queue brought and feels like Ugly Forbidden Journey to me. The office looks cute, I’ll give em that.

 

[MagdolHauntsMe]

Well, we are getting a tour of government workers’ offices, magical or not. At least we aren’t being led through a cubicle farm of grays and tans. And I’ll bet there will be some wow moments in the queue that they don’t want to spoil.

 

[Alicia]

And I’ll bet there will be some wow moments in the queue

Yea, the atrium. The largest queue set they’ve ever built.

I actually think all queue areas have been shown now except connecting hallways.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Yea, the atrium. The largest queue set they’ve ever built.

I actually think all queue areas have been shown now except connecting hallways.

So is it confirmed the gigantic statue will be present, IRL, or is this part of the LED screens? They only show us in the room before with the weather ceilings, so it’s hard me slightly nervous.

 

[Alicia]

So is it confirmed the gigantic statue will be present, IRL, or is this part of the LED screens? They only show us in the room before with the weather ceilings, so it’s hard me slightly nervous.

The wizard statue is real. Some offices behind it are real, but forced perspective style they get smaller as they go. And then one arched area that makes it look like there’s more going on forever is a giant LED screen, which is how they’re doing the flying paper airplane memos behind the wizard statue.

But yes, he’s real. And he’s absolutely massive.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

The wizard statue is real. Some offices behind it are real, but forced perspective style they get smaller as they go. And then one arched area that makes it look like there’s more going on forever is a giant LED screen, which is how they’re doing the flying paper airplane memos behind the wizard statue.

But yes, he’s real. And he’s absolutely massive.

I love it. Sounds like a perfect way to give it a Cinematic effect to it all.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Well, we are getting a tour of government workers’ offices, magical or not. At least we aren’t being led through a cubicle farm of grays and tans. And I’ll bet there will be some wow moments in the queue that they don’t want to spoil.